How To Stay Fit Without a Gym Membership

Confession. For about 2 to 3 years while living in Boston I didn’t belong to a gym. Anyone living in a city can relate I’m sure. Gym memberships are just too darn expensive! Especially when you have a rent to pay that claims half of your pay check.

There is good news though. You don’t need a gym! I worked my way towards feeling the best I have in my life, without one. Let me tell you how to stay fit without a gym membership…because I did it myself!

Go For A Run: The best thing about running is all you need are your two legs! Okay and I guess some shoes and gear. The key to keep running fun and effective is to change it up or work your way towards a goal. Some days do hills, other days to interval sprints. Change up the route, or sign up for a 5k. Running outside is one of my favorite ways to get my sweat on!

Drop-In Yoga Classes: I was lucky to find a studio in Boston that had cheap drop in classes (only $10). If you can’t find a studio with cheap rates like this, look for community classes which only ask for a small donation.

Work Out At Home: For about a year I would do Jillian Michael’s 30 day shred videos (they are available on YouTube for free). I still love them, and actually just did one tonight for the first time in a while! They are only 30 minutes long but incorporate strength training and cardio. Just make sure you have a set of dumbbells ( a great gift idea)! I also just discovered Melissa Bender’s site that has short workout videos you can do at home! Check it out!

Use The Park as Your Gym: I had a big park in my back yard when living in Boston. It was a great place to work out in the mornings. I usually would look up Crossfit workouts that didn’t require any weights. Think lunges, burpees, sprints, squats, etc. I also recently found a great website called BodeeFit that sends you a daily workout that you can do at home.

Love this!! I totally do everything that you mentioned because I don’t belong to a formal gym (I do Orange Theory, but that’s only once a week!) – I’m all about at-home (aka not in a gym!!) fitness!! 🙂
Love that we’re on the same page!

We definitely are! Since moving to CT I joined a gym thats really cheap around here because I like to go once a week to get a cross fit work out in. But it’s always nice to have option for at-home, especially up here in the winter 🙂 All I want to do is go home after work!